[N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词](蜜蜂等昆虫的)一大群,一大窝 A swarm of bees or other insects is a large group of them flying together.
[oft N of n]
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[VERB 动词](蜜蜂等)成群飞行 When bees or other insects swarm, they move or fly in a large group.
[V prep/adv]
[Also V]
A dark cloud of bees comes swarming out of the hive.
黑压压的一大群蜜蜂从蜂巢中飞出来。
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[VERB 动词](人)成群地涌动,蜂拥 When people swarm somewhere, they move there quickly in a large group.
[V prep/adv]
[Also V n]
People swarmed to the shops, buying up everything in sight.
人们成群地涌向商店,见什么买什么。
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[N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词](快速移动的)人群 A swarm of people is a large group of them moving about quickly.
[oft N of n]
A swarm of people encircled the hotel...
一大群人围住了这个酒店。
Today at the crossing there were swarms of tourists taking photographs.
今天在十字路口有大群的游客在拍照。
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[VERB 动词]挤满,聚集(来来往往的人) If a place is swarming with people, it is full of people moving about in a busy way.
[V with n]
[usu cont]
Within minutes the area was swarming with officers who began searching a nearby wood.
几分钟内很多警察就来到了这一地区,开始搜查附近的树林。
Oxford
swarm/swɔːm; NAmEswɔːrm/
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verb
swarmswarmsswarmedswarmingnounswarm(of sth) 1a large group of insects, especially bees,moving together in the same direction 一大群(蜜蜂等昆虫)◆a swarm of bees/locusts/flies一大群蜜蜂╱蝗虫╱苍蝇2a large group of people, especially when they are all moving quickly in the same direction 一大群,一大批(向同方向移动的人)SYN
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verb1[intransitive ]+ adv./prep.( often disapproving) (of people, animals, etc. 人、动物等)to move around in a large group 成群地来回移动◆Tourists were swarming all over the island.岛上到处是旅游者熙来攘往。2(of beesand other flying insects 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫)to move around together in a large group, looking for a place to live 成群地飞来飞去PHRASAL VERBˈswarm with sb/sthto be full of people or things 到处是人(或物);挤满◆The capital city is swarming with police.首都到处是警察。swarm/swɔːm; NAmEswɔːrm/
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swarm1 noun
swarm2 verb
swarmswarm1 /swɔːm $ swɔːrm/ noun [countable]
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1a large group of insects, especially bees, moving together2a crowd of people who are moving quicklyswarm of Swarms of tourists jostled through the square.
swarm1 noun
swarm2 verb
swarmswarm2 verb [intransitive]
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1[always + adverb/preposition] if people swarm somewhere, they go there as a large uncontrolled crowd: Photographers were swarming around the princess.2if bees swarm, they leave a hive (=place where they live) in a large group to look for another homeswarm with phrasal verbto be full of a moving crowd of people or animals: The museum was swarming with tourists.
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